How To Install libattr on Fedora 34

libattr is Dynamic library for extended attribute support Dynamic library for extended attribute support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr on Fedora 34.

What is `libattr`

This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions. libattr 2.5.1 1.fc34 i686 18 k attr-2.5.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Dynamic library for extended attribute support https LGPLv2+ This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions.

We can use yum or dnf to install libattr on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libattr.

Install libattr on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libattr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libattr

Install libattr on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libattr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libattr

How To Uninstall libattr on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libattr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libattr

libattr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xattr.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/4b49cde4fd8ea42e318fe0f3c3098920be6803
/usr/lib64/libattr.so.1
/usr/lib64/libattr.so.1.1.2501
/etc/xattr.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/54cda602cd3a6653704881688085035cd78042
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.2501

References

[libattr website](https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/attr https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/attr)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.